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Big Technology Podcast · Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Samsung's Foldable Success as a Precedent for Apple's Strategy

The discussion draws a parallel to Samsung's foldable phone push in 2021, which saw a 6% increase in overall sales and an 11% rise in revenue. This precedent suggests that Apple's entry into the foldable market, despite the high price point, could similarly boost its financial performance.

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Right. And so when Samsung made its big foldable phone push in 2021, uh, interesting thing happened. So first of all, their overall sales went up by 6%, but revenue went up 11%.
And I think when you look at what Apple is doing, remember, uh, you know, up until the 17th, the iPhone sales were effectively stagnating, right? 17 had a bunch of new features people liked. And now, uh, we're seeing some good sales. They've up, I think 21% quarter over quarter or year over year in the first quarter of this year.
Heard on Big Technology Podcast — “Apple’s Most Ambitious Roadmap Ever? + OpenAI vs. Google vs. Anthropic Revisited, published Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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